Charlie Daniels

There's an old joke among musicians that goes something like this: What is the difference between a fiddle and a violin? Answer: You don't spill beer on a violin. Truth is, they are basically identical. Joshua Bell and Charlie Daniels play the same instrument - and yet, no one ever said that Joshua Bell was fiddling at Carnegie Hall, and Charlie Daniels did not sing about the Devil participating in a violin contest. Mark O'Connor, the Grammy-winning player and composer coming to the Ferguson Center on Wednesday night, is the rarity - the musician who is described as both a fiddler and a violinist. "I've spent my career trying to blur the...

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